hank alrich wrote:
Mike Rivers wrote:

walkinay writes:

Mackie provided a mod kit and instructions - been done. While the
retro**** did lower the spurious racket from the woofer it didn't
get
near acceptable levels. But the new ones I auditioned at a GC in
Austin
earlier this week are dead quiet, wooferly speaking, with a
remaining
low level tweeter hiss. All in all the current production seems
ready
for primetime.


There was a time when Mackie would replace your speakers with new
ones. Have you asked?


That swap is currently in process. (I reiterate that these are not
mine.


Right, they're mine.

IIRC the Fc on the bass boost is 87 Hz. I for one can live without it
at all--can't think of a single situation in which I would want or need
it. The mod I came up with involves removing (via soldering or
snipping) a couple of SMT resistors from the input board and would be
simple enough to reverse if the need ever came up.

Another thing worth noting is that the SRM-350 is quite efficient--five
of them can be safely run from a single 15A circuit. My only current
regret is that (due to the slightly curved top surface) there's no real
way to stack them. OTOH their size, shape and weight means it's quite
easy to carry a pair (one in each hand) even up a flight of stairs.

Once modified, I can't think of anything anywhere near their price that
does as credible a job of reproducing the sound of an acoustic
instrument at small venue performance levels.